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[Meaning he/she/it] was inviting.[1] "He was entertaining the army for 6 days at a great feast."[2]
Also [sc. attested is] εἱστιᾶτο ["he/she/it was being entertained"], [meaning] was being nourished.[3] Also [sc. attested is] εἱστίων ["I/they were entertaining"].[4]

[1] Imperfect active of ἑστιάω , third person singular; cf. epsilon 3215.
[2] Quotation unidentifiable. It also appears at epsilon 3227, but with a different form of the verb (present indicative active) and with 'man' instead of 'army'.
[3] Imperfect middle/passive of the same verb.
[4] Imperfect active, first person singular or third person plural.